- From: Susan Lesch <lesch@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:43:19 -0500
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W3C Weekly News
29 August - 8 September 2004
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Speech Synthesis Markup Language Is a W3C Recommendation
The World Wide Web Consortium today released the "Speech Synthesis
Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0" as a W3C Recommendation. With the
XML-based SSML language, content authors can generate synthetic speech
on the Web, controlling pronunciation, volume, pitch and rate. "SSML
builds on the work of the pioneers in speech synthesis to provide
application developers with a powerful and flexible means to deliver a
high quality mix of synthetic and pre-recorded speech as part of
interactive voice response services," said Dave Raggett (W3C/Canon).
Read the press release, testimonials and implementation report and
visit the Voice Browser home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-speech-synthesis-20040907/
http://www.w3.org/2004/09/ssml-pressrelease
http://www.w3.org/2004/09/ssml-testimonial.html
http://www.w3.org/Voice/2004/ssml-ir/
http://www.w3.org/Voice/
SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL)
Through joint efforts, the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working
Group
and the CSS Working Group have released the First Public Working Draft
of "SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL)." The sXBL language defines the
presentation and interactive behavior of elements outside the SVG
namespace. A future version may extend XBL to any markup. Visit the
SVG
and CSS home pages.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-sXBL-20040901/
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
Working Drafts: Quality Assurance
The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has published three Working
Drafts. Written for W3C Working Group Chairs and Team Contacts, "The
QA
Handbook" provides techniques, tools, and templates for test suites
and
specifications. "QA Framework: Specification Guidelines" are designed
to help make technical reports easy to interpret without ambiguity,
and
explain how to define and specify conformance. "Variability in
Specifications" is a First Public Working Draft. Formerly part of the
Specification Guidelines, the document contains advanced design
considerations and conformance-related techniques. Read about QA at
W3C.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-qa-handbook-20040830/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-qaframe-spec-20040830/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-spec-variability-20040830/
http://www.w3.org/QA/
EMMA Working Draft Updated
The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released an updated
Working Draft of "EMMA." The Extensible MultiModal Annotation language
(EMMA) is a data exchange format for interaction management systems.
EMMA represents user input. Speech and handwriting recognizers,
natural
language engines, media interpreters, and multimodal integration
components generate EMMA markup. Visit the Multimodal Interaction
home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-emma-20040901/
http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/
XForms 1.1 Requirements Updated
The XForms Working Group has updated the "XForms 1.1 Requirements"
Working Group Note. XForms is the new generation of Web forms. Version
1.1 has enhancements for the XForms 1.0 framework, embraces SOAP,
makes
XForms authoring easier, and facilitates XForms use in other host
languages. Visit the XForms home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/NOTE-xforms-11-req-20040831/
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/
W3C Co-Sponsors 26th Internationalization & Unicode Conference
The 26th Internationalization & Unicode Conference will be held 7-10
September in San Jose, CA, USA. Presenters include Team members Martin
Duerst and Richard Ishida and participants in the W3C
Internationalization Working Group. The event is the premier technical
conference worldwide for software and Web internationalization. During
four days of tutorials and presentations, leaders in the field will
discuss internationalized Web addresses and markup, language and
locale
tagging, complex scripts, ICU, software internationalization and other
topics. Read about Unicode and the W3C Internationalization Activity.
http://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc26/index.html
http://www.w3.org/International/
Deadline Extension: Public Workshop on Metadata for Content Adaptation
The deadline for position papers has been extended one week to 13
September for the W3C Workshop on Metadata for Content Adaptation to
be
held in Dublin, Ireland on 12-13 October. Attendees will discuss how
metadata can help the adaption of Web content to fit user needs and
device characteristics, and will provide feedback and suggestions for
future W3C work. Read about workshops and Interaction at W3C.
http://www.w3.org/2004/06/DI-MCA-WS/cfp.html
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
http://www.w3.org/Interaction/
Deadline Extension: Public Workshop on Semantic Web for Life Sciences
The deadline for position papers has been extended nine days to 15
September for the W3C Workshop on Semantic Web for Life Sciences to be
held in Cambridge, MA, USA on 27-28 October. Attendees will discuss
how
Semantic Web technologies such as RDF, OWL and the Life Sciences
Identifier (LSID) help to manage modern life sciences research, enable
disease understanding and accelerate the development of therapies.
Read
about W3C workshops and the Semantic Web.
http://www.w3.org/2004/07/swls-cfp.html
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
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